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Indigenous Program goes from strength to strength “ODT Australis have always been involved in recruiting indigenous employees.”

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HP Billiton Olympic Dam’s and capacity building.

To date projects under the IPP have Indigenous Participation Program (IPP) continues to included: - A “Shopfront” at Port Augusta, go from strength to strength. specific to Indigenous people seeking

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Since its inception two years ago, the program has opened up more than 60 opportunities on-site for indigenous people, both in the employee and contractor workforce at Olympic Dam. The IPP is based on a major Agreement with three Aboriginal groups claiming an interest in the Olympic Dam region and embodies BHP Billiton’s Charter aim of ensuring communities in which it operates benefit from the presence of its operations.

“The IPP has been tailored to meet indigenous aspirations for employment, enterprise development and capacity building,” explains IPP Program Director, Jamie Love.

Since the endorsement of the Indigenous Participation Program (IPP) Action Plan, a range of initiatives have been implemented and trialled in line with the initial strategy to undertake a broad range of projects to identify effective approaches to Indigenous training, employment, enterprise development

employment at Olympic Dam; - An Indigenous database providing the details, qualifications and resume of Aboriginal people in the region interesting in working at site; - The implementation of a low security inmate training and employment program; - Development of marketing material; - Indigenous traineeships; - Partnered approaches to Indigenous employment with contractors; - Enabling Aboriginal enterprises opportunities on site; - Supporting Aboriginal small business development.

“In addition, in meeting another commitment of our Agreement with local groups, we created three trainee positions to allow group members to work with our archaeological consultants recording heritage sites at Olympic Dam,” Jamie says.

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A group of RoxFM DJs caused a stir recently as they gathered for an impromptu photoshoot in and around Roxby Downs. The result: a relaxed snapshot of ‘RoxFM’s family’ in the scrub - taken about 1km out of town. The photo reflects the feeling that even in the middle of nowhere, a group of likeminded people can make the most of their remote outback experience, and share it live to air with the rest of Roxby Downs!

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Looking ahead into next financial year BHP Billiton Olympic Dam will continue to support the development of indigenous programs and in some cases implement further innovative models to support Aboriginal training, employment and enterprise development.

One of the main reasons BHP’s IPP has been so successful is that contractors have also embraced and benefited from it.

ODT Australis is one of the major supporters of the program and has been involved in the IPP since its conception in November 2008.

“ODT Australis have always been involved in recruiting indigenous

By Celeste Lustosa Get ready for some special shopping at next Market Day on May, 15!

The Roxby Downs Child Care Centre will have a special stall, aiming to fundraise in order to purchase a shade for the new playground, as well as new outside equipment for the Centre.

The stall will be selling herbs in pots, a bake off with heaps of delicious biscuits and slices made by parents and kids.

A fantastic fundraising recipe book filled with favourite recipes from parents and kids will be for sale on the day.

The recipes for the book were brought by the children’s families and the book will have a selection of simple recipes that small children can make, as well as photos of the children from the Centre.

For that, parents have sent photos of their children helping preparing the dishes.

Amongst the recipes, you will find some delicious entrees, soups, mains, desserts, snacks and miscellaneous.

And the annual fundraiser for the child care centre will be announced!

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He also said “the program provides a pathway for employment into local industry therefore increasing socio economic development and strengthening the community.”

ODT Australis has recently been awarded a contract in which a joint venture with an aboriginal enterprise has been arranged.

This has come about through a specific BHP Billiton Olympic Dam IPP Initiative which encourages growth, development and partnerships of indigenous business onto site.

To find out more about the Olympic Dam Indigenous Participation Program contact Jamie Love on 86719494.

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employees.

“We have employed 20 or more in total with approximately 10 currently employed in our company,” said ODT Australis Project Manager, Darren Lamb.

Their roles include but are not limited to station management, labouring, heavy equipment operation, mentoring and task supervision.

According to Mr Lamb, the company gains from participating in this program.

“The stability of a localised workforce, community involvement with win, win outcomes and recruiting assistance are just some of the company’s gain,” he said.

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Autopro has the lot Autopro in Roxby is “chocka block” with parts, accessories and spares for the motoring public of the district.

Kat McKinnon has been running Autopro in the town for the past five years and has built-up a sizable stock of over 17,000 items, including a range of filters, oils including diff oils, gear oils, engine oil, spark plug and spark plug leads, anything for a basic service is on the shelf.

“If we don’t have it on the shelf on most occasions we can get it overnight,” said Kat. She told the Monitor one of the biggest challenges of doing business in Roxby is getting stock here in a timely fashion.

“There are so many processes involved in getting the parts from A to B. “We have to get the right explanation from our customer, pass that onto our supplier who has to then put that into their system correctly, has to be collected from the warehouse correctly and then put on the truck in time and the truck has to make to Roxby overnight.”

While they do their very best Kat said, “Unfortunately in some cases the system does fall down.”

Asked what is a reasonable turn around from order to delivery, Kat said, “If the items that are available in Adelaide or Melbourne, in most cases

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I can get it up overnight, by either overnight road freight or overnight air freight.”

This week Kat has started a local advertising campaign with The Monitor and each week will be having a weekly special starting this time with a very popular torch that is a must for anyone driving in the outback or travelling anywhere at night.

But with such a large range of stock the weekly specials will be many and varied.

A range of seat covers, floor mats, led lights, trailer parts and light connections, all the additives to keep your car going. Wheel bearings, water pumps and the list goes on and on and on. and we are trying to educate the people in Roxby what is available right here in the town.

As well as all the motoring needs, Kat has found it necessary to provide some parts for the very enthusiastic motor cycle riders in the Far North.

Autopro stocks some motor cycles oils, chain links and more.

“We are trying to educate the people in Roxby just what is available right here in the town.”

This is a prime example of why people need to look local first. Autopro can help you and if the parts aren’t in stock they are just a phone call away.

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elstra dealer in Roxby Downs, Rodda Communications is not guaranteed to have its doors opened for business again.

Due to severe flood damage in April the shop, located at the local Mall, had to keep the doors closed.

“We suffered significant loss in regards to stock and electrical equipments and at this stage there is no estimate re-opening date,” the shop’s managing director, Jeff Craigen told The Monitor.

Mr Craigen also clarified that they are still in the process to get the insurance to replace the damaged equipment.

“We are still going through the process to get the insurance so we can replace what we lost in the flood.

“Apart from that, the local staff we had in Roxby resigned and now we need to find someone to replace her,” he said.

Calls for Scout leaders in Roxby Downs

By Millie Thomas

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cott Martin, one of the founding members of the Roxby Downs Scouts, ha s resigne d from his position of Group Leader, to pursue training that will further his career.

Scott started off as a Cub Leader and Assistant Group Leader for Scouts four years ago, and for the past 18 months has been fulfilling the role of Group Leader.

Scott has been studying a Diploma of Mining for the past 12 months, and says that his commitments to Scouts has had an impact on his studies. “Being a

group leader I was less involved with the kids, and I missed that. I am now studying a Diploma of Mining, and being a group leader became a bit too time consuming,” he said Scott was a Scout as a child and wanted his children to enjoy the same fun he did.

At the Scouts Annual General Meeting, Sunday week ago, Scott finished up as group leader, having announced his resignation a few months earlier.

There were also a number of changes announced to the committee.

There are now about five new committee members and two new leaders involved. There was also a change in the Chairperson

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Also according to him, replacing the staff member requires investment and time, since the person needs to have specific training to operate Telstra systems.

“The new staff member will need a fair bit of time to get trained and learn how to operate the system, which is a very detailed one.”

The decision whether the investment in new equipment, new staff and training hasn’t been made yet.

“At this stage we still don’t know whether it will be possible and affordable to open our doors for business again.

“But a final decision will only be made at the beginning of the new financial year,” Mr Craigen said.

He said that their customers from Roxby Downs can contact their shop in Kadina on (08) 8821 4111 and they will get all the assistance they need.

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role, with Tracy Michelles stepping into the role.

“I have no intentions of leaving Scouts and am still on the committee. I want to become a Cub Leader again after I finish my schooling,” Scott said.

As yet, no one has stepped up to fulfil the position of Group Leader.

“We need more leaders in order to accept more kids – at the moment we are at capacity, and already have about 55 – 60 kids involved.”

The scouts meet at the Anglican Church, but still want their own club rooms.

“We are incredibly thankful to the church for letting us use their space, but it would be nice to have our own clubrooms,” said Scott.

Nominate a worthy local Nominations are open to individuals, groups and businesses who live and/or work in regional South Australia in the categories of Arts, Community Group, Community Individual, Tourism, Sports, Small Business, Large Business, Innovation, Sustainability and Youth.

The 2010 Regional Awards mark the first year under the new name and revised direction, Advantage SA, the evolution of SA Great.

Advantage SA CEO Nikki Seymour-Smith urges South Australians to support the Regional Awards. “The Far North region has always been fantastic advocates of the Regional Awards program and I hope that the region will continue to work with us in highlighting regional excellence by nominating the amazing businesses, group and individuals in the region,” she said.

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Roxby Downs is definitely a proof of that with award winners including Outback Smart and a special Sustainability Award given to 105.5 RoxFM Community Radio for their amazing local recycling initiatives.

2010 Advantage SA Regional Awards categories are: • Large Business Category • Small Business Category • Innovation Category • Sports Category • Sustainability Category • Tourism Category • Youth Category • Arts Category • Community Group Category • Community Individual • Hall of Fame

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By Millie Thomas

he Monitor is proud to announce the appointment of a new bubbly member to the team. Jody Gow -Smith is well known around town, having lived here for four and a half years, and has worked in high profile jobs around the community.

Jody lives here with her husband, Clint, and two children Demi, 9 and Taj, 5.

Some of you may recognise her from the Oasis Motel, which she managed for two years, or even from Tandales hairdressing, where she has sent us away just that little bit happier, and perhaps even slightly more attractive.

Before moving to Roxby, Jody worked in the hairdressing industry for 15 years, working at numerous locations around Adelaide, but more prominently, Port Noarlunga.

Jody has also studied Frontline Management, which she thinks will help add to her professionalism and prowess within her work here at The Monitor.

She has taken up a position in sales here at The Monitor to help strengthen

her people skills, which are (if you have the pleasure of knowing her) quite obviously already evident.

“My two high profile jobs within this community have helped me establish strong connections with countless personalities around town,” said Jody.

“I applied for this sales position at The Monitor to strengthen my people skills. Already, I am very much enjoying liaising with new and old faces and prospective clients. I hope I can bring another friendly and approachable face to The Monitor sales team,” she said.

Jody is an avid Hornridge supporter and an active member of the Roxby Desert Motocross Club, as her husband is President.

“I enjoy watching my children play netball and ride motorbikes and also reading, when I can find the time,” she said.

Managing Editor of The Monitor, John Pick said, “Jody adds to our sales team and now we can go beyond the realms of Roxby Downs and look at our regional sales through towns like Port Augusta and Whyalla.

“So far, for somebody welve low security prisonnew to the industry she ers are on a mission to give has made an excellent start. something back, assisting She will have a very good rapport with local clients in flood recovery efforts at and regional clients alike.” Andamooka.

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PRISONERS AID ANDAMOOKA FLOOD RECOVERY

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“We are struggling to get volunteers to help with the clean-up, so it has been a godsend to have the inmates assist us to get the cottages back into a state of repair.” runs through the centre of the township, plant about 1000 trees, and repair 12km of the nearby Arid Recovery Project fence-line, which also sustained damage.

One unnamed prisoner said the project makes him feel valued.

“Doing this kind of work makes you feel human again, like you’re actually accomplishing something,” he said.

“It’s setting us up for the future which is excellent. The local community really appreciates it when they see the work we’re doing.”

The two teams of six prisoners are currently participating in the Prisoner Reintegration Employment Opportunity (PREO) program, which is part of BHP Billiton’s Indigenous Participation Program (IPP) at Olympic Dam. The PREO program is a joint initiative between Port Augusta Prison and BHP Billiton that sees low security prisoners gain valuable work experience and potential employment at Olympic Dam upon their release.

Correctional Services Minister Tom Koutsantonis said it’s a great example of restorative justice in action.

“These prisoners are not just repairing flood damage,” he said.

“By making a valuable contribution towards a community in need, they are also helping to make amends for the damage caused by their offending.

“Perhaps most importantly, they are taking positive steps to change their behaviour as they prepare for life beyond prison.”

The prisoners involved have undergone stringent security checks and have demonstrated impeccable behaviour while behind bars.

For at least the next two weeks, they will work, under the strict supervision of Correctional Services Officers, to remove mud and debris from the Andamooka Historic The prisoners are the second Cottages and cement and pave the intake of the program; the first surrounding area.

They will also restore a public took place in the second half of barbecue area and a creek that 2009, with eight inmates com-

efiting in this way,” he said.

The Community Manager of the Andamooka Outback Areas Community Development Trust, Bob Jacobs, said the work the inmates are doing is of “immense benefit.”

“We are struggling to get volunteers to help with the clean-up, so it has been a godsend to have the inmates assist us to get the cottages back into a state of repair.

It would have taken us weeks or months to get it done ourselves,” he said.

Windfarm lighting problem solved

Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey said he is pleased with the news that red flashing lights on the wind farm turbines in the Hallett area have been switched off.

Mr Ramsey called for a review of wind farm lighting in November 2008 after a number of complaints from residents affected by the lighting, with some claiming the lighting is so intrusive as to cause mental health issues.

A review was commissioned by AGL who own a cluster of wind farms in the Hallett area, to assess wind farm lighting requirements with particular emphasis on balancing the needs of surrounding communities whilst meeting aviation safety needs. The advice received means, as the towers are below the lowest permissible aviation height, there is no need to have the towers lit.

“The intensity and nature of this lighting is overly intrusive and not in line with aviation lighting in other

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pleting the course.

Five have since successfully secured employment at Olympic Dam upon their release from prison.

Olympic Dam Program Director, Indigenous Affairs Jamie Love, said the PREO program was an important partnership with the Department of Correctional Services.

“This latest group of inmates are providing such much-needed assistance to Andamooka - it’s great to see the wider community ben-

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countries”, Mr Ramsey said.

“Wind farms offer regional jobs and low emission power, however there are penalties for those who live in the vicinity of the towers.

In the end public disquiet will fuel resistance, so the farms need to be as low impact as possible.

“Head of Generation Development at AGL, Nigel Bean, said the company was very pleased with the advice they received and its ability now to turn off the lights.

They recognised it as a genuine concern and are very focussed on keeping the local community on side.

“I have been calling for a sensible solution to this problem for some time.

“Now it is time for other wind farms operators in the Mid North and Eyre Peninsula to seriously consider reducing or ceasing the lighting on turbines to minimise the impact on surrounding communities.”

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Roxby to host Raine and Horne Country Conference

By Celeste Lustosa

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Craig and Sandy Sumsion are happy to be hosting the Raine and Horne state convention in Roxby Downs

More than $11,000 raised at Irish Christmas

By Celeste Lustosa

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oxby Downs’s residents had a taste of what an Irish Christmas is like and they loved it. The special night happened at the Community Club and over 80 people gathered for the fun.

The event was a fundraiser for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and raised a total of $11,500.

The organisers of the event were very happy with the amount raised as well as the success of the night.

“The night was wicked!

Thank you to all who made it come together.

“Also thanks to Michelle and Mitre 10, as well as our other Auction Donors for the night. Special thank you too, to everyone who attended and made it

a great night”, Marie McCormack, President of the RFDS, Roxby Downs Auxiliary said.

There was a special visit from Santa, and his Naughty Elf, with goodies for all who attended - some naughty and some nice gifts.

Some of the auction items were an outdoor table setting, a hedge trimmer, Dave Kovac print, rice cooker, handmade stained glass hanger, and an Outback Dinner under the stars, just to name a few.

Organisers are very pleased with the result, and are now preparing for the RFDS Annual Giant Auction / Golf Day, which will be held on July 3.

“Mark this date in your diaries now, for what promises to be another fantastic family day out,” said RFDS Publicity Officer, Cherie Gaskin.

ver 30 people, from Raine & Horne franchises from around SA will converge on Roxby Downs this week for a little taste of the Outback.

The local Raine & Horne owners Craig and Sandy Sumsion are hosting the South Australian Country Conference in Roxby Downs, on Thursday and Friday, May 13 and 14.

During the conference there will be discussions of issues relating to Real Estate generally and external factors that can expect individual local markets. The participants will also take in several local features around Roxby Downs and Andamooka.

“There will also be a presentation of this Quarter’s Awards that will take place during a special camp oven cooked meal at Arid Recovery on Thursday night,” said Business Manager Sandy Sumsion.

The awards are given in sales and property management and our very own local Raine & Horne brought home nine annual awards in August last year.

Fun is also on the Raine & Horne Country Conference agenda, as Craig and Sandy want to make sure our visitors have a chance to experience the best our Outback has to offer.

The Raine & Horne representatives are going on a mine tour

Think Pink ladies’ golf day

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his year, for the fourth year in a row, the Roxby Downs Golf Club will become a sea of pink. For this year, on Saturday May 15, the annual Think Pink Ladies’ Golf Day will be run once again, in the constant fight to find a cure for cancer.

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“Sharon’s even organising surprises for the day, which she won’t let anyone in on,” said Julie.

However, Sharon told The Monitor exclusively of a special guest that will definitely be making her presence known on the day. Mary Calandro is a well known make up artist and eyelash extensionist from Adelaide, and she has decided to lend her services to the golf day.

As a relative of a cancer victim, Mary is passionate about cancer research and has become a major supporter of the Think Pink Ladies’ Golf Day. She will be giving makeovers primarily to sufferers and past sufferers of cancer, to reinstate a feeling of attractiveness and femininity to their lives.

“Sufferers of cancer don’t want to look sick when they walk down the street,” explained Sharon.

This is why Sharon has organised for Mary’s services, which she describes as simply amazing.

“Last year we raised $8’200. This year we hope to raise at least that again,” said Julie.

Julie Darling is involved in the event once again this year, and is excited to see the successful event take place once again.

“Only women can play, the only men that are allowed to come are the ones that are helping! They’re either going to be a caddy or on the BBQs or something like that!” she said.

There are twenty teams of ladies that will be competing, with around four or five participants in each group. A pre requisite of the day is to dress up in the “pink” theme, which in the past has brought a lot of eccentricity and laughter to the day!

Be sure to incorporate in your costume “deep pockets”, as all the money spent will go to the cancer council and cancer research.

“There are twelve caddies to be auctioned for the day. That raises a lot of money. This year we’re having a mystery caddy, so they won’t know who they are bidding on until they’ve got him!” she said Matt Sarre from Cancer Council SA will be attending the event to see the brilliant work of the Sponsor, Spotless Services, and the Red Sands Roxby Downs branch of the Cancer Council.

“We’ve got one sponsor, which is Spotless. They are a brilliant sponsor; they pay for everything, so everything we raise on the day goes directly to the Cancer Council,” said Julie.

Sharon Wallace of Spotless Services is an avid supporter of the day and of cancer research. “(I support the day) because I believe in it. Spotless itself is a service with a smile and safety, and a silent c, community.

“Spotless corporate back the communities they work in, for Spotless, communities are very important.

“For me, it’s the journey I’ve had here.” She said.

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at Olympic Dam, as well as a tour at Arid Recovery and Andamooka.

According to Sandy, “This will be a great opportunity to explain our community and for other participants to see and understand its peculiarities. We have a very different reality here as we don’t have the open development opportunities that many markets have.”

Sandy and Craig also believe it is very good idea to bring people from the same business yet from different market realties together.

“When you belong to a franchise group, all the offices are based in different parts of the country or metro areas, where the market is affected in different ways as well, so it will be very interesting to sit and discuss the different strategies and successes each of the offices have.

“The opportunities and restrictions of each market are different and it is always good to learn these differences,” they said.

Craig and Sandy Sumsion bought the Raine & Horne Roxby Downs operations in Feb 2008 and have brought their skills, enthusiasm, and friendly attitude to our local Real Estate market.

Craig has over eight years experience in Real Estate and although Sandy has less experience, she definitely has plenty of people skills and will be able to show the best of our community to our visitors and give them a very enjoyable time.

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n a mining community such as ours, the tight, the tanned, the taut and the toned don’t usually inhabit our neighbourhoods but there are a lot of muscly miners around and they can all be seen at the Leisure Centre’s Blokes Night on Saturday, May 15.

“We seem to be doing lots of events for youth, women and children and the poor guys have been missing out, without something created specifically for them,” said Roxby Leisure Operations Manager, Michael Esposito.

The night will start at 6pm with a welcome free beer, followed by a session of the movie Green Zone, featuring by Matt Damon.

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Green Zone is an action thriller war film directed

by Paul Greengrass. The film is “credited as having been ‘inspired’ by” the non-fiction 2006 book Imperial Life in the Emerald City, by journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, which documented life in the Green Zone, Baghdad.

After the first movie session it is time for the blokes to catch up, after all, who said that women are the only chatty ones in town.

With a buffet style meal, our blokes will be able to enjoy a burger with a lot, just the way they like it and after the first free beer, alcohol will be available to buy from the bar.

The second movie session will present Clash of the Titans, a 2010 fantasy film and remake of the 1981 film of the same name. As with the 1981 film, the story is very loosely based upon the Greek myth of Perseus.

Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film has received great critics.

According to Leisure Centre’s Cultural Services Coordinator, Bernie Kinnaird Roxby residents can expect many more movie marathons in the near future.

“We have quite a lot of movie sessions coming up and they have been working pretty well, so whenever we can make a sequel of movies, we will do so,” she said.

According to Bernie, some of the movies coming up include Iron Man 2, Toy Story and the most girly one expected is Sex and the City 2.

So let the blokes enjoy their night because soon I am sure all Roxby’s fabulous women will be lining up to watch Carrie and the girls’ sequel.

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BIRDSVILLE TRACK LIKELY TO BE CUT

ederal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey has joined with State Member for Stuart Dan van Holst Pellekaan to call for an urgent investigation into the commissioning of a punt on the Birdsville Track.

In response to news the Department of Transport is expecting the Birdsville Track to be cut at the Cooper Crossing and is planning to recommission the old punt on site, Mr Ramsey and Mr van Holst Pellekaan have called for an investigation into the possibility of locating a bigger, disused punt from the River Murray to meet the expected demand.

Mr Ramsey said he recently visited the area and met with local pastoralists, businesses and tour operators and while estimates are imprecise, most are expecting the track to be cut in the next couple of months as the floodwaters of the Cooper find their way south. Locals say the track could be cut for up to six months.

“The old punt will require a significant investment to recommission and in the twenty first century is simply is not up to the job,” he said.

“This punt is only capable of carrying two cars or a pen of cattle. Industrial legislation means fuel can no longer be delivered in 200 litre drums and fresh and frozen food must be delivered in refrigerated vans. “The importance of fuel supplies cannot be over-emphasised as they are the principle source of electricity. “If a punt cannot at least carry a truck or a modern tourist bus, in effect all the industries in the north of the State will grind to a halt.

“For pastoralists this will be the first opportunity to sell prime cattle after more than a decade and they simply will not be able to do business using the old punt.”

Mr Ramsey said the tourist industry is

looking at a record season and they may well miss out if a solution is not found.

“Food supplies for Birdsville are trucked up from South Australia and I have been contacted by businesses concerned at how they will operate if their supply lines are cut for an extended period,” he said.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan who has vast experience in the tourism industry and running Outback roadhouses, supported Mr Ramsey’s views. “Tourism is like any other industry which needs to make best advantage of the good times in order to be able to survive the bad,” he said.

“Unless we are able to keep the road properly open for business it will have a very heavy impact on communities both sides of the crossing.

“I have already written to the Minister on this issue as did my predecessor Graham Gunn and it is time for an appropriate response. “Many tourists planning to visit Lake Eyre intend to do a circular trip including the Birdsville Track and will simply plan to go elsewhere for their holidays if a road-closed sign goes up.

“It simply is not good enough in this day and age to see communities effectively cut off for months.”

Mr Ramsey said he had been seeking a meeting with the Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure since November, but Transport Minister Pat Conlan has denied access.

“Its preposterous, I have the responsibility of representing more than 90% of the State and this government is preventing me meeting the officials who are supposed to maintain the road links which allow us to live and work in the area,” he said.

“I recall Mr Rann speaking about open government before he was first elected, now it seems he and his minister are so ashamed of their record on regional roads they are too scared to let an area-manager speak to me.”

Let’s recycle!

By Celeste Lustosa

T

he Roxby Downs Environment Forum will be holding a stall this Market Day (May 15) - with a big push towards recruitment and recycling.

“We’d like to raise the Forum’s profile, and encourage people to sign up and get involved!

“We’re a really positive, productive Forum, but we desperately need more people to get involved so that we can continue moving forward,” said the Forum’s spokesperson Kristina Meredith.

Kristina also said that “having a Market Day stall is also a great opportunity to promote our recycling initiatives, particularly for those who can’t make it to RoxFM within office hours.”

During Market Day volunteers from the Environment Forum will be talking to people about the group, and collecting email addresses of those who would like to be on the mailing list.

“People will also be able to submit their sustainable gardening tips and go in the running to have their garden featured in The Monitor and the best tip for the year will win a gardening book pack worth $100.”

MEETING DATES

Gardening tip competition runs all year - one tip will feature in The Monitor each Month until November.

Each month The Monitor readers will also be able to submit their gardening tip and will go into the running

Competition Starts August 28 and closes October 29.

Judging will then take place in the fortnight following the closing date and winners will be announces November 24. Winners will then be asked to showcase their gardens during an open day November 27.

Categories; There will be two categories: Innovation and Sustainability.

BOARD MEETINGS

If you would like to do a presentation to the Community Board please contact Michelle Hales to organise a date and time to be placed on the agenda. Requests close on the Wednesday prior to the Board meeting. Board meetings usually take place on the last Monday of the month.

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Both categories will be judged in the fields of water efficiency, energy consumption, aesthetics, variety of plant species, functionality, productivity and garden waste management.

The innovation category will also be judged for the most original environmental effort in the garden. This could range from hydroponics, to a worm farm or chook pen. The options are endless!

Roxby Downs

JOINING FORUMS

If you would like to find out more about any of the forums visit the www.roxbydowns.com website or contact Michelle Hales - Executive Officer Roxby Downs Community Board Inc. Mobile: 0418 833 818 Phone: 8671 0010 Fax: 8671 0452 Email: halesm@roxbycouncil.com.au

to have their garden showcased in a monthly feature. All tips will go into the running to win a prize valued at $100 (sponsored by the Roxby Downs Council) at the end of the competition period.

Sustainable Garden Competition

GENERAL INFORMATION

FURTHER INFORMATION

“We’re also working on a gardening competition, which will run in two parts. The first gives people a chance to submit their gardening tips and have their garden featured in The Monitor. The best tip for the year will win a book pack valued at $100.

The second is a gardening competition which will take place later in the year. Gardens will be judged on Sustainability and Innovation, and each winner will win an Outback Landscaping voucher valued at $500.

“We’re always coming up with new and exciting initiatives, which is why it’s a great forum to be involved with!,” Kristina mentioned.

A subcommittee of the Roxby Downs Community Board, the Forum meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm in the Council Chambers/Boardroom.

The forum is open to anyone who wants to attend, and even if people can’t make it to every meeting, it would still be great to have them involved, according to Kristina.

“The level of involvement that each person has is up to them,” she said.

And don’t forget to bring your recycling to Market Day, May 15 and get all the information about the great things our community does for the environment.

Gardening competitions

- Roxby Roadsafe 13 May 5.30pm - Community Board 31 May 7.30pm - Sport & Recreation 1 June 7.30pm - Environment Forum 8 June 7.30pm - Roxby Roadsafe 10 June 5.30pm Community Garden 20 May 7.00pm

Members of the community are encouraged to join any of the forums or partnerships. If you would like to join the Arts and Culture Forum, Education and Workplace Training Forum, Family and Youth Forum, Environment Forum, Sport and Recreation Forum or Volunteering Partnership you are welcome to attend any of the meetings. Meeting times appear in The Monitor on a regular basis.

If you would like to join the Health Forum and/or Alcohol and Substance Abuse Partnership please contact Michelle Hales on 0418 833 818 or via email to: halesm@roxbycouncil.com. au to express your interest.

The Environment Forum will also have collection boxes on hand for mobile phones, printer cartridges and batteries.

People can bring their mobile phones and mobile phone accessories including rechargers, batteries, headsets and phone covers - these will be sent off for Mobile Muster’s Old Phones For Trees program, where a tree will be planted for every 1kg collected.

All printer cartridges, laser catridges and toner bottles, as well as household batteries great and small will be collected, but no car batteries.

These boxes are usually available at RoxFM and there is also a collection point for phones and printer cartridges outside the Roxby Downs Council.

“Thanks to these collection programs, there’s an astonishing amount of items that can be recycled in Roxby Downs,” Kristina said.

If anyone wants to find out more about where they can recycle various items, don’t hesitate to approach the Environment Forum members on Market Day. The Roxby Downs Environment Forum is currently focusing on recycling and sustainable gardening.

“We don’t have kerbside recycling in town, so it’s important that we give people other options.

COMMUNITY PERSON OF THE MONTH

An initiative of the Environment Forum

G reen tip Did you know?

Being water wise - Take shorter showers by turning the taps off when ‘sudding’ up with soap.

- Take cold showers in summer, they increase the circulation. If this doesn’t work for you, try having warm showers instead of hot ones. Tepid water is best for a healthy complexion. www.themonitor.com.au

The Volunteering Partnership is calling for nominations for Community person of the Month.

These new awards will recognise people who have made a signifi cant contribution to the Roxby Downs Community.

Nomination forms will be available from the Roxby Downs Council, The Monitor Newspaper and Big Sky Credit Union and must be received by the 15th of every month.

For further information and nomination forms contact Michelle Hales (08) 8671 0010 or Michelle.Hales@roxbydowns.com.au

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Last week’s Hot Topic: What would make you stop smoking, price or health warnings?

I would like to give up smoking but have tried unsuccessfully several times. I have smoked for 35 years. Why doesn’t the Government ban cigarettes totally. Problem solved. Health would improve, kids wouldn’t take it up, there would be more money in the family pocket. They won’t ban them because they are greedy hypocrites.

From Addicted, Roxby Downs.

It’s about time kids on bikes etc in the Mall should be treated as hoon drivers.

Sick ‘n’ Tired Can’t believe it – FRITZ not available @ Woollies for about a month. Someone tell the butchers to scrape the floor. Joys of living in the desert …

NOT !

True South Aussie Thanks for nothin’ Mr KRudd. Just the mention of your 40 per cent extra tax on miners has shattered my retirement plans again! As if the financial meltdown wasn’t enough, just when we were climbing out of the abyss you come up with this doosey. I hope the ordinary bloke and the many small investors and superannuates who are suffering make you suffer come the next election.

Oh! That’s right your wife is a millionaire in her own right, so I guess you won’t suffer too much and we will go on paying you a Prime Minister’s pension with all the perks.

Jim B. What’s all the fuss about betting on footy? Betting on the AFL is obviously sanctioned by the league and the clubs and encourages people to gamble. Why the problem with these small bets by a few people in the game, especially as they didn’t influence the results in any of them. The AFL can’t have it both ways. They either ban betting on AFL games or just shut up!

Gambler Anon.

Defence of the mining industry

EDITORIAL I never ever thought I would jump to the defence of BHP Billiton and other mining companies as they faced with a slug of a 40 per cent rent tax on profits.

Like it or not, here in Roxby, Coober Pedy and Andamooka we rely on mining in one form or another. Supporting businesses need mining to be a profitable and sound base for the economic foundation of the towns and therefore their survival. And the future of schools and other social services require the success of the operation at Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and elsewhere to maintain staffing levels and services.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is seemingly going head long with this new tax but doesn’t see or won’t see the damage it is causing not only to the miners, but the people who work and rely on the industry.

Rightly miners are rethinking future investment plans and it does put in jeopardy the billion dollar expansion of Olympic Dam. Mr Rudd’s mining tax can be seen by those living on the eastern seaboard and the majority of voters in the cities as a good thing that

will help build Australian infrastructure into the future and help fund other projects or relieve debt.

Those more cynical are seeing it as a carrot dangling in front of the voter prior to the election due later this year. Mr. Rudd needs something to get his race back on track, and this mining tax was supposed to sweep him into a leading position going into the election.

Any government that polarises the mining industry is in deep trouble and this 40 per cent tax on profits has given the Opposition a green light and a very powerful advocate coming into the election.

While Mr Rudd may have seen this tax as an impost only on the big miners, but what he has failed to take into account is the damage it can and will ultimately do to the ordinary people directly and indirectly if it passes through both houses.

We were reminded this week by a text message to the editor just how an everyday Aussie planning on retirement has already been hit.

He and many like him have weathered the global financial storm and now as they are

just getting back on their feet their stock portfolios and super investments have plummeted on the back of the Rudd tax announcement.

Our texter indicates he has dropped tens of thousands of dollars virtually overnight and again any hope of a comfortable retirement is put back.

Also with the new tax is the news that the Rudd Government has flagged a 12 per cent superannuation contribution by employers. Small business owners will be reeling.

They are the ones at the coal face doing it the toughest of all and are expected to absorb this new penalty just for the privilege of employing people. It is really putting the boot into many small businesses that will be unable to pass on these costs to customers without a backlash in trade.

Mr. Rudd has a lot to answer for and small business and the miners will join together in protest over what can only be described as policy on the run and a crude attempt to win the populous vote.

This latest tax grab is almost certain to make the Rudd Government a one term wonder or as some would say blunder!

LETTERS Praise for

to the editor new policy

Sir, - I write to welcome the Federal Government’s announcement of the first ever National Male Health Policy with funding to support improving men’s health Australia wide.

It is well known that men tend to be less vigilant about their health than women. Men are less likely to talk about their health or seek help for health problems. This is particularly true of mental health, with a long culture of stoicism, toughing it out and “she’ll be right” attitude.

We know from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and beyondblue’s community research that one in eight Australian men will experience depression and one in five will experience an anxiety disorder, yet few seek help. Depression and anxiety are illnesses, not a weakness and help is available. With the right treatment, most people recover.

Of the $16.7 million funding commitment as part of the new Men’s Health Policy, beyondblue is particularly pleased to see $3 million being provided to the Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA).

Community-based men’s sheds are social venues where men can

gather in a safe and supported environment that encourages discussion and the sharing of information. By providing a beyondblue Men’s Shed Kit and depression awareness training programs, beyondblue and AMSA have provided an effective means to promote healthy living, access information and reduce isolation and loneliness – key risk factors for depression.

There are currently around 400 member sheds throughout Australia representing an estimated 40,000 men – making AMSA the largest men’s support organisation in Australia and we’re pleased to be an active partner.

The Federal Government’s welcome funding announcement means these sheds can continue to provide a vital service to men across the country.

Beyondblue commends the Federal Government’s new policy and looks forward to continuing partnerships with AMSA into the future.

Leonie Young, CEO beyondblue

Sometimes I wonder why my school cares more about my appearance than my education.

From a RDAS student.

How many more empty shops will there be here if the Rudd Mining Rent Tax is passed?

LT. Roxby

HOTIC TOP

Do you think the Mining Tax will impact on the Olympic Dam Expansion?

News in brief No extra ferry for flooded outback track Calls to upgrade an outback ferry service to help pastoralists and tourists cross a flooded section of the Birdsville Track have been rejected by the South Australian Government.

There is concern that attendances might be affected at the Birdsville races in south-west Queensland.

The annual outback meeting often attracts up to 7,000 people but coordinator Lisa Pearson says it could take up to 14 days to get the anticipated crowd across the Birdsville Track on the old punt.

“About a third of our race crowd comes from the south,” she said.

“We’d be bitterly disappointed in this day and age if they can’t provide a service to meet this century’s requirements.”

Abbott sides with big miners over tax Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he cannot see how the Coalition could back the Government’s move to put a 40 per cent tax on mining profits.

Mr Abbott last week gave his strongest indication so far that the Opposition will block the tax after meeting with senior mining executives in Canberra today.

Mr Abbott has been speaking with BHP Billiton executive Marius Kloppers and Rio Tinto Australia managing director David Peever in Canberra as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd held a series of meetings with mining heavyweights in Perth.

The Government’s announcement on Sunday that it would impose a tax on the above-normal profits of mining companies has been met with outrage from the resources sector and has seen mining stocks plunge.

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By Celeste Lustosa Lene Thorsen is the new face at the local Raine & Horne office.

She has recently moved from the Gold Coast where she has been working in Real Estate for nearly two years and with a degree in Business and a Real Estate Certificate from TAFE and a passion for the job she has chosen, she is settling in well.

“What I love most about this job is that it is a real mix of being in the office and being out and about meeting people. There is always something happening.

“It is a busy business and days are never the same,” she told The Monitor.

One of Lene’s important roles is that of liaison between the landlord and tenant and make sure both parts are happy with the outcomes.

“I am a tenant myself so I know what is like to be on that side. My goal is to provide our clients with good service and a nice balance so we can keep landlords and tenants happy and always find a good deal for both,” she said.

Duties of property management include accepting rent, responding to and addressing maintenance issues, and providing a buffer for those landlords desiring to distance themselves from their tenant constituency.

“It is so important to look after their properties because most of the property owners we deal with might not even live here so they put a lot of faith in us to be doing what’s best for them.

“I want to make sure I look after their interest.”

Lene said that it is also very important to keep good communication with the clients.

“It is important to make sure we take their feedback into consideration and comply with their expectations.

“I am looking forward to get familiar with all the clients and properties and get more in control of everything because I want to make sure our clients get the best.”

As for settling in the new work and new town, Lene couldn’t be more satisfied.

“Roxby Downs is a very different community and people have been very friendly.

“The support I am getting from Raine & Horne is awesome and I couldn’t feel more welcomed,” she concluded.

Lene can be contacted at Roxby Raine & Horne office on 8671 33 55.

The Roxby Downs real estate market is proving that from adversity comes opportunity, with property experts suggesting now is the best time in years for investors to enter the once booming market.

Despite its mining heritage, the South Australian town was not immune to the turbulence caused by the Global Financial Crisis – with property sales slumping from more than 120 in 2007 to just 37 in 2009.

But with a lack of investor confidence last year and continued growth in the market this year, those immersed in the industry say now is the best time in years to take advantage of a solid property investment opportunity.

“The average price of property in Roxby Downs has been slashed in recent years by between 11.8 and 12.5 per cent – taking us to a three year low,” Raine & Horne Roxby Downs Principal Craig Sumsion said.

“Unprecedented growth in the market prior to the GFC saw the typical volume

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Volunteer week at Arid Recovery

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Around Australia: The centenary of powered flight in Australia

By Millie Thomas

“Volunteers have been the backbone of Arid Recovery...”

Volunteers at one of Arid Recovery’s reserve trails

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his week, from May 10th to 16th, is National Volunteer week. It is recognised as the largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia, and provides an opportunity to emphasize the colossal role of volunteers in our community and our nation. Where would we be without the 5 million Australian volunteers that give a home to the homeless, douse the fires that threaten us and colour us yellow, when we’re feeling blue?

Australian volunteers contribute more than 700 million hours of community service to so many areas of society, including community health care, heritage and arts, environment conservation, emergency services, education, social justice and sports.

This year, Arid Recovery is celebrating National Volunteer week by opening their doors to the public (more pointedly, prospective volunteers) from 5pm on Tuesday May 18th to provide information to those who seek more information on volunteer opportunities at Arid Re-

covery.

“Volunteers have been the backbone of Arid Recovery since its inception in 1997 and the value of their work to this conservation initiative is second only to the contribution from our major supporter BHP Billiton,” said Gill Van Hagen, Community Education Officer at Arid Recovery.

“In one year we can get up to fifty volunteers assisting with a range of tasks. Some of these are local community members, some from interstate, some from Adelaide - it really varies. At the moment we have around 30 active local volunteers and have had 3 volunteers visiting from Newcastle,” said Helen Crisp, Ecologist and Acting Manager at Arid Recovery.

Gill explained that because of the transient nature of this town, they often lose valued volunteers year in, year out, but look forward each year to welcoming new, like-minded volunteers that move into the area.

Arid Recovery is always looking for volunteers. The variety of tasks on offer for volunteers, whilst often hard work, are always fun and extremely rewarding.

The aim of the information night, which follows National Volunteer week,

is to enlighten locals about the fantastic work that Arid Recovery do, and the volunteering opportunities they offer.

“Depending on the numbers that attend, this is something we would like to run annually. We are seeking volunteers to develop a new fundraising group to work together on events, merchandise and various fundraising activities,” said Gill.

“We are seeking volunteers that can be trained as tour guides or assist with our monthly market day stall. Experienced photographers are also welcome to register their interest that can assist with special events.

“In most cases volunteers do not need special knowledge or qualifications as Arid Recovery offers full training for volunteers. What you do need is enthusiasm, a can-do attitude and as much or as little time as you can spare,” said Gill.

Interested in a career with Arid Recovery? The first step is volunteering.

“As potential employers like to see volunteer work on the resume. But volunteering is also just a great chance to get involved in the community, meet new people and have fun,” said Helen.

Woomera stop-over this week

Qantas 737 pilot and published author Owen Zupp will fly around Australia in May to commemorate 100 years of Australia’s aviation industry and raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).

O wen w ill land in Woomera next Wednesday as part of the South Australoian leg of the journey.

Th e C e n t e n a r y o f Powered Flight commemorates one of Australia’s great aviation stories, when Victorian man John Duigan and his brother Reg became the first Australians to build and fly a powered aircraft.

“The importance of recognising this Australian achievement served as a tremendous motivator for me to fly,” Owen said.

The Duigan brothers earned their place in history less than a decade after the Wright brothers first took to the skies. They used diagrams gleaned and modified from Maxim’s Powered Flight and built

their aircraft without ever having seen a plane.

Owen’s commemorative journey began on May 5 in Bundaberg, when he flew to Longreach in an Australian-designed and built Jabiru J230D aircraft.

“The departure point was easy to decide – Bundaberg.

Home to my boyhood hero Bert Hinkler, it now boasts a new ‘Hall of Aviation’ named in his honour,” he said.

Owen will film his entire experience in the skies and provide daily updates available online throughout his journey.

With onboard cameras and a satellite tracking system beaming his position back to the ‘There and Back’ website, the greater public is being invited to share this journey.

Th e C e nte n a r y o f Powered Flight occurs on July 16, and residents of Mia Mia have banded together to raise $100,000 to hold a commemorative flyover and special event.

Prize Money and Trophies

Tarsha McCarthy with the award

Roxby Newsagency Awarded

By Celeste Lustosa

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oxby Downs Newsagency and To y K i n g d o m was the award winner of Jenlist Technology.

The award represented their excellence in customer service, exceptional marketing and promotion innovative newsagency development.

The local newsagency has recently gone through b i g re n o v at i o n s a n d owners have had a positive feedback from customers so far.

Even though the store was reduced in square meterage they have actually managed to sustain the same product range and stock with some new additions to the store.

“The new retail image is a key part of the extensive re-branding for the store in what used to be known as a Newspower store.

“In its place, Nextra, a new and exiting Newsagency franchise focuses on providing

excellent customer service and fantastic new marketing promotions,” said Ian Johnson in a previous interview to The Monitor.

Over the last 15 years, Nextra ha s strate g ically worked to build a strong and recognizable brand. They are currently Australia’s premier franchise group operating in the retail newsagency environment. From an initial 16 members they now boast more than 240 outlets across the Nextra Group operating in five states and two territories throughout Australia.

The Australian Newsagents’ Federation (ANF) is the peak industry body representing Australian newsagencies.

There are 5000 individually owned and operated newsagencies in the country and together they make up Australia’s largest retail and home delivery group turning over $6.5 billion a year and employing more than 20,000 people.

ARID RECOVERY WORKING TOGETHER TO RESTORE AUSTRALIA’S ARID ZONE

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Food & Drink Facilities

AS PART OF

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK MAY 11TH -17TH 2010 PLEASE JOIN US AT THE

Novelty Events

ARID RECOVERY VOLUNTEER INFORMATION EVENING WHEN: WHERE:

Kids Events

ARID RECOVERY OFFICE (aka the Envirolab), CNR CHARLTON ROAD AND OLYMPIC WAY, OLYMPIC DAM

THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE:

Dances Saturday and Sunday Nights.

Bronco Branding Draw Saturday Night

TUESDAY 18TH MAY FROM 5.00PM

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MEET & GREET

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AN INTRODUCTION TO ARID RECOVERY AND THE VALUABLE WORK OF VOLUNTEERS

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EXPLORE VARIOUS VOLUNTEER OPTIONS WITH OUR EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER TASKS SOME OF WHICH CAN BE DONE FROM HOME AND THEY INCLUDE:

Merchandise Stalls

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Volunteers assisting with fence construction

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE, PLEASE CALL ARID RECOVERY ON 8671 8282

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Outback HotShots Photography Group

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utback Hotshots is a local photography tos and join us at our next meeting, which is on 6 June 2010, 12pm at the Dunes. group in Roxby Downs.

Should you like any more information or have any The group is open to any keen photographers, queries please email us at outbackhotshots@gmail.com no matter what your level and free to join.

Our new theme for the month of May 2010 is “Time/ or check out our blog at http://www.outbackhotshots.com Long Exposure” if anyone would like to take some pho-

Photo winners of the month

1st place : Lene Thorsen

The Outback Hotshots went on a fieldtrip, Sunday 9 May, for the theme of the month; Time/Long Exposure. It was both interesting and exciting as a few of the shutterbugs have never taken these type of photos before.

With a lot of “help me” and “I do not have a clue what you are talking about”, soon turned into oohs and aahs as the “mastering” of the theme became more clear.

The fieldtrip was very well prepared by Andre Esterhuizen, with tips, tricks and warnings on the theme and examples of what you can do with this weird and wonderful method of photography. Charmayne Cronje also extended her help and creative ideas to add to the thrilling experience.

Left is some examples of the fun photos taken,

by Annarien Robbertse

Photographer Profile Peter Dospisil Questions for the photographer

2nd place : Charmayne Cronje

What was your first camera?

Late 1940’s (Brownie type) camera that used to be my mums when she was young. Can’t remember the brand but I believe it was made in post war Germany.

It used the old 120 6x6 film.

Where is your favourite place to take photos?

Anywhere with my kids. Usually camping or out and about.

What is your favourite genre?

Landscapes and photos of my kids.

Who or what inspires you?

Mostly my girls. They are now so used to me taking photos that on the odd occasion when we get the video camera out they freeze and wait for the photo.

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What is your favourite photography tool?

My current Nikon with a 24-80 lens What photography equipment do you have on your wish list?

A good quality tripod What is your favourite photo?

I have many. Majority of them feature at least one of my 3 girls.

How long have you been taking photos?

Since I was about 6, but not really that seriously until I was about 12 and got my first SLR. Why did you get into photography?

I enjoyed it and my mum was also into it.

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Andamooka Primary School News

New levies to the community

By Celeste Lustosa

Big thank you from Andamooka kids The students from Andamooka Primary School are working on thank you letters for people who helped in the floods or to some of the families that have been hugely affected by the floods, letting them know that they are not alone and that they have the communities’ support.

Child Care Centre An accreditation review for the child care centre happened on Tuesday, May 11.

Representatives from the National Council came to Andamooka and checked out the services Andamooka is delivering which, according to Angela Turner was a great opportunity to show off the good work that has been done.

NAPLAN testing

Teddies to Haiti All the children from Andamooka’s school worked to make teddy bears and they will be sent, along with others made by children from the Northern Territory, to children in the earthquake ravaged Haiti.

School Principal Angela Turner said, “Because we were talking to them about floods, we also taught them about the earthquake and natural disasters and how lucky we were that even though the floods were bad, no one got seriously injured, unlike what happened in Haiti, so they are really pleased to be sending these teddies.”

Flood recovery Ms Turner said the school is still recovering from the floods. “The school’s playground is almost under reconstruction at the moment. A couple of our buildings moved in the flood, so we have to dry out under the buildings and redo the footings under these buildings and it’s quite major works that are happening at the moment.”

The NAPLAN testing was in doubt at Andamooka’s school because teachers were implementing the moratorium that the Australian Education Union was putting in place on the NAPLAN test, because of the My School website.

The government has gone into negotiations now, so the teachers are going to be conducting the NAPLAN test as normal next week.

Asbestos cleared Asbestos has been cleared from Andamooka’s Primary School. Even after the major rain, no more asbestos was found at the school, according to the principal.

The inspections happened after the last flood, when someone from Work SA and someone from the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure inspected the school. Part of their renovations is to cover the parking area floor, which should sort out the asbestos problem for good.

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he last floods have definitely turned Andamooka much browner than its residents would want, with mud and sand washing out every inch of the town.

This is a reality the Town Maintenance Officer, Greg Franklin wants to change by bringing the green back to town.

To do that, 1,000 trees have been purchased, with 200 already planted.

The planting of the trees has been assisted by six prisoners who are currently participating in the Prisoner Reintegration Employment Opportunity (PREO) program, which is part of BHP Billiton’s Indigenous Participation Program (IPP) at Olympic Dam (more information on page 4).

“Their help has been wonderful and not only me but the whole community has been very appreciative,” Mr Franklin told The Monitor.

Andamooka’s Maintenance Officer is hoping to finish plant-

ing all the trees in the next four weeks, but he said there’s still a lot of repairing to be done.“ There’s a lot of work still to be done in Andamooka before a lot of the trees can go in so we will probably get half of them planted now and we will need to wait for the clean up to be finished and get all the dirt and mud out of the way to be able to finish up the other 500 of them.

“At the moment is putting back what it was already there and fixing up corners and trying to green Andamooka again,” he said.

All trees are native but it is a good mixture, including black oaks, gum trees, ground covers, native lemon grass, and many more.

“This is a 10 year plan and it is only a matter of time now but I can see it in my head that this is going to be lovely. We are going to have a nice little park, with green bushes, trees and more shade.

“It has to start somewhere and sometime,” the hard working officer from Andamooka said, as he dreams about a green Andamooka for everyone.

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ndamooka residents had a chance to understand and enquire about the replacement of the Outback Areas Community Development Trust (OACDT) for the new Outback Communities Authority, as well as the implementation of two new levies for the town, at a meeting held on April, 30.

The meeting also clarified how these changes will affect Andamooka’s residents and how the town is going to benefit from them.

“The meeting was well received and it was to advise people of the change over from OACDT to the new community Authority. There was also some confusion in people’s minds on how this was going to work.

“We also wanted to ensure they understood the differences between the asset sustainability levy and the community contribution, which are two implementations that will come along with this change.

“We explained to people what the changes will mean to them and how they will work,” said Andamooka’s Community Manager, Bob Jacobs.

With the management changeover, Andamooka residents will be having new

levies that include a sustainability levy and a community contribution.

The grounds for applying the sustainability levy is based on the notion of shared community responsibility to contribute to the maintenance of existing public infrastructure in Andamooka.

This levy will be a fixed charge, not based on the capital value of the land, and in calculating the value; the Authority will take into account relevant matters, such as the cost of maintaining or replacing public services and facilities during a financial year, and the administrative cost of collecting the levy.

The community contribution will not be based on value of the land as well, but the amount of contribution will vary from community to community depending on the value of the service or activity agreed to be supplied or delivered.

“With the community contributions it will be more up to the community to say what they want in terms of infrastructure.

“That’s a community decision; we will be driven by the community on the community contribution levy,” he said.

Mr Jacobs explained that then “one levy will be imposed by the new authority and one levy will be in consultation with the community on what’s charged.”

For any enquires or more information on the new Authority or the new levies contact Bob Jacobs on 8672 7411.

Urgent clean up for Andamooka creek

1,000 trees to green Andamooka again

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he floods in l ate Feb r u a r y deposited lots of silt further down the stream in Andamooka and the follow up floods in April came across the silt deposits and wouldn’t allow the creek to run properly, which has caused big problems for residents.

According to APOMA’s chairman Peter Allen, “the floods have accumulated with such a volume of water that what happened was that it deposited more silt into town and now, by www.themonitor.com.au

the hotel, the creek is completely choked.”

Mr Allen is very concerned with this issue and has been working out a way to get the creek cleaned up as soon as possible.

“The reality is that if we don’t clear that and give the water somewhere to go the next flood will be further up town and cause all the houses to be threatened again.

“This is the reason why some of the houses have been flooded three times in a row in the last six weeks,” he said.

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NEWS

HAVE YOUR SAY . . .

What is more likely to make you stop smoking?

Higher tax or more graphic warnings?

WHAT’S ON across the region

HEALTH ROXBY DOWNS’ FAMILY PRACTICE Phone: 8671 3231

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putting the prices up, but if you’re addicted you’ll still do it.”

Dallas Saunders

ROXBY DOWNS’ MEDICAL PRACTICE 9:00am-5:00pm Monday to Friday Saturday morning by appointment.

Phone: 8671 1900 VISITING ALLIED HEALTH SERVICE DIABETES EDUCATOR - 18 June Phone: 86485706 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - 21 May Phone: 86485800 SPEECH PATHOLOGIST - 21 May Phone: 86485800 PHYSIOTHERAPIST - 3 & 4 June Phone: 86485800

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It is becoming just too expensive. It probably wouldn’t stop me, but it might reduce my smoking.”

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“Both. For my own health I really should give up.”

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COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WORKER - 21 May Phone: 86485800 DIETICIAN - 21 May Phone: 86485800

ings. It’s the realisation of what probably will happen to you, if you do not quit.”

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VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm Saturday and Sunday Phone: 8671 2001 CULTURAL & LEISURE PRECINCT - MOVIES Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday Phone: 8671 2001 ROXBY DOWNS TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 9:30am - 11:00am Tuesday & Thursday (repeated) Meet at Roxby Downs Library during school Terms Only ANDAMOOKA TODDLERS’ STORY TIME 10:30am Monday - Fun for 1-4 years.

Phone: 8672 7018 Meet at Andamooka Community Library PLAYGROUP - St. Barbara’s Parish School Wednesday 9:30am & Thursday 1:00pm Call School: 8671 3207

PODIATRIST - 18 June Phone: 86485500

PLAYGROUP - Roxby Downs Kindergarten 9:30am - 11:00am Friday. Contact Kylie 8671 2447

CAMHS - 3 & 4 June (CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE)

ANDAMOOKA PLAYGROUP 9:00am - 10:00am Tuesday

PHARMACY - 3 & 4 June DASSA - 18 June HEARING SERVICES 9:00am-2:30pm Monday to Friday Phone:1800 006 303 DOCTOR’S NEW SPECIALISED DRUG Phone: 1800 700 270 (Number for Medicare Use) CRISIS CARE COUNSELLING Uniting Care Wesley Port Augusta Regional Women’s and Children’s Support Services: 1800 655 716 Crisis care line:13 16 11 For immediate response if feeling stressed call 0428 326 529 to speak with a counsellor 24/7 BREASTFEEDING ROXBY DOWNS’ GROUP 1:30pm - 3:00pm Third Tuesday of the month.

At the Roxby Downs Public Library.

CHURCH ROXBY DOWNS’ LUTHERAN CHURCH 10:30am every Sunday of the month 5:30pm 3rd Sunday of each month 9:30am every Sunday during school terms FAITHWORKS’ CHRISTIAN CHURCH An Assemblies Church meets every Sunday 9.30 am at Roxby Downs Catholic School Library Keith Moody Phone: 0414 570 871

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EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ST. BARBARA’S PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH 78 Pioneer Drive, Roxby Downs May Mass Times Sat 22nd 6.00pm Sun 23rd 9.00am Readings & Communion Sat 8th - 15th - 29th 6.00pm ANDAMOOKA/ROXBY BIBLE CHURCH 10:00am Sundays, Worship Service 6.30pm Fridays, Kids Club, 7 years + Phone: 8672 7213 ROXBY DOWNS COMMUNITY CHURCH 10am Sunday Worship.

For other events & activities phone Alison 8671 1032

ROXBY DOWNS’ HEALTH SERVICES COFFEE MORNING 9:30am - 11:00am Thursday Meet at the Dunes Café RAPTORS CYCLING CLUB 8:00am Sunday Social bike riding group. Meet at Stuart Road roundabout ROXBY DOWNS CHILDCARE 6:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday Phone: 8671 0911 ANDAMOOKA CHILDCARE 7:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday

COMMUNITY MEETINGS Community members are welcome to attend any meeting of the Roxby Downs Community Board, Forums and Partnerships - see schedule on the Community Matters page. For more information call Michelle Hales on 8671 0010 ROTARY CLUB - ROXBY DISTRICT 1st and 3rd Monday of the month For more information contact Sandy Sumsion ph: 0400 366 619 ANDAMOOKA OPAL GIRL GUIDES Andamooka Community Hall Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Phone: 0427 072 710 OUTBACK MULTI-CULTURAL GROUP Phone: 8671 2892

GENERAL INFORMATION MT DARE HOTEL - 8am – 9pm Open every day OUTBACK COMMUNITY GARDENS - Phone: 8671 2892 ROXBY ROAD SAFE - Phone: 8671 2892

The Scoreboard If you love your footy like we do, or just want to have a laugh, join Greg and Scott with a cast of local ‘celebrities’

Thursday nights 6pm - 7 pm (ish)

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FOR SALE Camper trailer for sale reg: S305 TAO Hydraulic over-ride brakes, 45 Lt Water tank and pump, 3 water jerry cans, twin safety chains, clear zip-in windows for tent. In Adelaide but will bring up for genuine buyer, only used 3 nights purchased in September 2009. $9999 ono Greg Searle 0409699353

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Our friendly team at Roxby Downs process customer orders; handles sales enquiries, build great relationships with our customers and have fun. You don’t need to know anything about our products or systems because if you’re willing to learn, we’ll teach you.

An exciting opportunity exists for a motivated, sales focused Trade Salesperson/Storeperson to join our friendly team at our Auslec Roxby Downs branch.

In this diverse role you will be responsible for: • Counter and telephone sales across multiple product ranges • Processing sales transactions • Stock audits and inventory • General administration and customer support • General stores activities including stock handling of inward and dispatch of goods.

The successful applicant will ideally have experience in customer sales and service with proficient computer skills and the ability to multi-task within a fast-paced environment. A can-do attitude and experience within a retail trade environment will see success.

Product knowledge and/or experience in the electrical, industrial or safety markets is desirable, but not essential.

In return for your experience, we provide: • Competitive Salary Packages • Incentives and Bonuses • Accredited Training and Ongoing Career Support Applications close 17 May 2010.

Please send resume to: michelle.suridge@auslec.com.au or mail to: Michelle Suridge, Branch Manager, 16 Gosse Street, Roxby Downs, SA 5725.

This rewarding position is hosted with a substantial local building company.

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Previous experience in customer service will be very well regarded but a great attitude is essential!

Please forward your resume to richardg.smith@blackwoods.com.au or PO BOX 200 Roxby Downs SA 5725 For more information contact Richard Smith on 08 8671 0700 APLICCATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY 28TH MAY 2010

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Phone (08) 8671 2683 Fax (08) 8671 2843

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NEWS

BOOK REPORT

By Marie Tresize

D

anny Cartwright has just proposed to the love of his life but what should have been the best night of his life quickly turns to disaster when he is accused of murdering his best friend.

Based on the testimony of Spencer Craig an up and coming barrister Danny is sentenced to twenty two years in prison.

What follows is Danny’s quest to clear his name and exact revenge on those who destroyed his life.

Archer is a master-

A Prisoner of Birth

by Jeffrey Archer

ful storyteller and this novel is no exception the intricate plot is full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing till the very end.

This is not a dull courtroom drama it is an engaging novel that will have you wanting to know what is next.

A highly entertaining read this is Jeffery Archer at his best.

This is one of a number of books read by the local book group this year.

The book group meets monthly and are always happy to have new members, for more information about the group please contact the Roxby Downs Community Library on 86710660.

W

Zealous Hair and Beauty in Roxby is promoting a training session to help people manage their own hair. braid and style your own hair to get the professional look we love after leaving the salon.

and it will cost just $20.

All proceeds will go to the Relay for Life and you can get more information and guarantee your spot on the day by This training will happen on contacting Zealous on May 15th, from 9am to noon, 8671 3039.

WHAT’S ON sports

17 to 16 May 2010

MONDAY SPIN - Pulse Gym - 7:30pm

JUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGS FRIDAY Outdoor Courts - 3:00pm-6:00pm SENIOR NETBALL TRAININGS Outdoor Courts - 6:00pm-9:00pm VOLLEYBALL - Sports Stadiums - 6:30pm W&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pm KARATE - Auditorium - 6:00pm-9:00pm

TUESDAY

BUTTS AND GUTS - Pulse Gym - 9:00am X-FIT - Pulse Gym - 7:30pm BALLET - Auditorium - 3:30pm - 6:00pm COME AND TRY SOCCER Sports Stadiums - 3:30pm-6:00pm SENIOR SOCCER - Sports Stadiums - 6:00pm JUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGS Outdoor Courts - 3:00pm-6:00pm SENIOR NETBALL TRAININGS Outdoor Courts - 6:00pm - 9:00pm SQUASH AUTUMN PENNANT Squash Courts - 7:00pm-9:00pm SENIOR BASKETBALL GAMES Sports Stadiums - 7:00pm-10:00pm W&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pm

WEDNESDAY

BALLET - Auditorium - 3:30pm-6:00pm KARATE - Auditorium - 6:00pm-9:00pm BASIC STEP - Pulse Gym - 9:00am STRETCH & RELAX - Pulse Gym - 7:30pm W&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pm WOMEN’S AND MIXED NETBALL Sports Stadiums - 6:00pm-9:30pm JUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGS Outdoor Courts - 3:00pm-6:00pm

Web: www.roxbycouncil.com e-mail: roxby@roxbycouncil.com.au After hours Emergencies, please phone 0419 892 870.

COUNCIL

THURSDAY PUMP - Pulse Gym - 9:00am

X-TRAINER - Pulse Gym - 6:30pm JUNIOR NETBALL TRAININGS Outdoor Courts - 3:00pm-6:00pm SENIOR BASKETBALL GAMES Sports Stadiums - 7:00pm-10:00pm W&DFL FOOTBALL TRAINING Town Oval - 4:00pm- 9:30pm SQUASH AUTUMN PENNANT Squash Courts - 7:00pm-9:00pm JUNIOR INDOOR HOCKEY Sports Stadiums - 5:00pm- 6:00pm SENIOR INDOOR HOCKEY Sports Stadiums - 6:00pm- 8:00pm

Please note it is an offence to place public notices on trees, verandah posts etc. It is also an offence to leave Garage Sale signs advertising out in the street. Penalties may be incurred.

The library is open 8:30am - 5pm Monday to Friday and 9:30am - 12noon Saturdays. Toddler story time is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30am. Membership to the library is FREE and a wide range of resources are available including books, DVD’s, magazines and Internet facilities. All enquiries to 8671 0660

W&DFL JUNIOR FOOTBALL GAMES Town Oval - 8:00am-12:00pm W&DFL SENIOR FOOTBALL GAMES Town Oval - 12:00pm-5:00pm JUNIOR NETBALL GAMES Outdoor Courts - 9:00pm-1:30pm

JUNIOR NETBALL SQUAD TRAINING Outdoor Courts - 11:00am -12:00pm 3:00pm - 4:30pm

FORTHCOMING SPORT FOOTBALL May 15th 12pm AFCvsODFC@RD 2pm HFCvsRDDC@RD SPEEDWAY May 15th Night meeting

CAT REGISTRATION: • New Council By-Laws require all cat owners to register their cats. Cats must be desexed and micro chipped before registration and proof taken to the Council office between 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Friday prior to registration.

• New By-Laws also make it a requirement that all cats are to be restrained to the owner’s property • Registration fee for a micro chipped and desexed cat is $28.00. A fine of $80.00 will be imposed for any unregistered cats and if wandering at large a further $80.00 expiation fine will be imposed.

• Council would like to advise that due to a new Council by-law; only two cats are allowed per property. Written application to the council for approval of more than two cats is required.

• If you are having problems with stray cats, the council hires out cat traps for a refundable bond, just come into the council office. Once caught, council will collect both the trap and the animal.

• Council is offering to anyone wanting to dispose of their cat/s to sign them over to Council and they will hand them over to the Vet for re-housing or humane disposal.

SERVICE SA

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

DOG REGISTRATION: • Any unregistered dogs will attract an expiation fine of $80.00. This expiation can be repeated every 14 days until the dog is registered.

• All registered dogs MUST wear their tags, otherwise a fine will be imposed.

• Please also ensure that all dogs over the age of three months are registered, failure to comply can again result in an $80.00 Expiation Notice being issued.

WARNING: Dogs registered with another Council are NOT considered to be registered within our Council.

An Expiation Notice will be issued if not registered with us. Proof of registration with another council is required and only incurs a minimal transfer fee.

• Council would like to advise that due to a new Council by-law; only two dogs are allowed per property. Written application to the council for approval of more dogs is required.

• Council are receiving many complaints about barking dogs. If you have a complaint, please come into the council and collect the relevant complaint form. If you would like a booklet on ways to stop your dog barking, please come into the council and ask for your copy.

Accounts for the 31st March 2010 Quarter have now been issued. Please pay by the due date to avoid late payment fees being added to your account.

FRIDAY

SNIPPETS LIBRARY

ELECTRICITY

SENIOR NETBALL GAMES Outdoor Courts & Sports Stadiums 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Phone: 8671 0010 Fax: 8671 0452

PUBLIC NOTICES

DOG & CAT MATTERS

Helping your hair and Relay for Life omen are invited to bring their own styler and the friendly staff at Zealous will teach you how to straighten, curl, crimp,

Office hours

Service SA operates at the Council Office on Wednesday and Thursdays ONLY, between the hours of 9.00am and 4.30pm.

Council provides Transport Services including Vehicle and Boat Registrations and Licensing Transactions. No learner written theory tests will commence after 4.00pm. All enquiries can be directed to: 131084

WATER

Accounts for the 31st March 2010 Quarter have been issued. Please pay by the due date to avoid a late payment fee being added to your account.

RATES 2009/10 rates have been declared. Third quarters’ rates for this financial year were issued on 15.02.10. Payment was due on 17.03.10. If you did not receive a notice or have any enquiries please contact Bronnie Warren on 8671 0010 during office hours.

ARE YOU MOVING INTO OR OUT OF A PROPERTY AT ROXBY DOWNS?

To connect your electricity supply, you are required to lodge the paper work with the Council before 4pm on the day of connection.

When vacating a property, you are required to lodge the paperwork with the Council 2 – 3 days prior to the requested final meter reading date. If you would like this paperwork faxed or emailed, feel free to contact us at the above number.

HAVING DIFFICULTY PAYING YOUR ACCOUNT? Council is aware that some people may, upon receiving any of their Council accounts, experience difficulty with payment of them by the due date. Please feel free to visit the Council office and complete a Payment Arrangement Form as early as possible or phone and advise us.

UNABLE TO GET INTO THE COUNCIL OFFICE? If you need to pay a Council account, and are unable to come into the council office during work hours, we do offer payment via 2 ways: ∙ either by credit card facility via the Internet. Please include your account number in the reference area, and then advise us via email when making payment by Internet ∙ or by phoning us at the Council in work hours for over the phone payment.

POOL SAFETY AT HOME

We would like to bring to your attention the

possibility of the dangers around the home swimming pool. Please ensure that pools are surrounded by child proof fencing, that the fence has required locking devices, is the correct height, and has a clearance to avoid climbing.

If your pool is deeper than 300 millimetres and has a filtration system then you will be required to seek council approval.

Information regarding the latest standards and regulations can be obtained from the Roxby Downs Council Office or on the Planning SA website www.planning.sa.gov.au Please note that it is an offence to fill a swimming pool with water if an appropriate safety barrier has not been installed. Council takes the matter of life safety associated with swimming pools very seriously.

Council is currently undertaking random compliance inspections regarding Swimming Pool safety barriers associated with Approved Swimming Pools throughout the township of Roxby Downs.

These inspections are aimed at ensuring the approved safety barrier has been installed appropriately and that the pool is adequately fenced with a complying swimming pool safety barrier.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

OPAL ROAD LANDFILL AND RECYCLING ON GOSSE:

The refuse centre is open from 1pm – 6pm, seven days a week. This is a FREE service and is located on Opal Road (just after BP on the left). Recycling can be taken to either the landfill or BSH Waste Solutions on Gosse Street. All enquiries can be made to: 8671 1154.

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Monitor SPORT Justin Watson evades a tackle from the Roo’s Rob Sporton. Backing up from Roxby is Kain Zeptner and for Andamooka Mick Moloney.

NETBALL Results A Grade GHD Gems – 42 d Olympic Dam A - 35 Hornridge 1 - 50 d Sodexo Geckos - 35 B Grade Zodiacs 1 - 51 d Olympic Dam B - 31 Hornridge 2 – 61 d Andamooka - 35 C Grade Olympic Dam C – 38 d Zodiacs 2 - 16 Miners White – 44 d Hornridge 3 - 43

Golf Results Rexel Electrical Stableford Comp

Great start to Softball

It was an excellent turn out on Sunday OVERALL WINNER TRACEY KING for the Opening Fun match of the Roxby 48 Softball season.

DIV 1: TONY RICHTER 41 It was refreshing to see so many new DIV 2: GREG BRIND 43 faces and enjoyable to rekindle some old LADIES/JNR: PATRICK BRIND 40 rivalries. Because of the numbers that SWEEPSTAKES: PAUL CUTHBERT turned up four teams were put together 41, IAN JORGENSEN 40, TONY HOL- for two games. The games were kept to BROOK 39, GLEN MUNGUR 39, CRAIG two innings each and everyone enjoyed SMITH 38, ROGER SCHOLEFIELD 37. themselves.

Experienced players gave advice and assistance that was given to the newer playLONG DRIVE DIV 1: MICAEL KING LONG DRIVE DIV 2: PAUL CUTH- ers and to those who just helped out with setting up/running the two games.

BERT For those that could not make it and are LONG DRIVE LJ: TRACEY KING still interested in giving it a go, there will NTP DIV 1: TONY RICHTER be another game(s) this Sunday, May 16 at NTP DIV 2: BRIAN SHARAM 11am on the town oval again.

All are welcome.

Miners brush Roos aside This game was always going to be a battle of Andamooka’s disciplined and set plays against the speed and fitness of the Roxby Miners team.

The weather was perfect with very little breeze to take advantage of. The game started as a free flowing evenly matched contest with both sides scoring goals within the first five minutes of play. Andamooka was moving the ball well early with set plays and disciplined disposal but were frustrated on several instances due to the numbers that Roxby pushed into their forward area.

Roxby were able to maintain possession for the majority of the quarter through weight of numbers to the ball first and mainly due to their leg speed, finishing the quarter with 3 goals 3 behinds to Andamooka’s 2 goals 2 behinds.

The second quarter began with 10 minutes of very tight in close contested possessions as both sides showed a desire to take the ascendancy of the match.

Roxby settled first breaking free and within minutes had set up numerous scoring shots with players such as Todd and Jake Roberts beginning to show their superiority up forward with constant attack and pressure. Others aiding the cause were Jarrad Pyke, Ricky Prosser and Josh Rose, all beginning to stamp their mark on the game.

For Andamooka, big efforts were being put in to try and counter Roxby with players such as their veteran, Rob Kraack assisted by Scobie and Bunnett. There was great pressure applied in closing down forwards, led

by Jimmy Barnes who tirelessly chased down players with all the subtlety of a freight train at full speed, hitting the ball hard and making Roxby earn every one of their 3 goals 3 behinds for the quarter for a mere 3 behinds for Andamooka.

Roxby dominated possession from the outset of the third quarter by being first to the ball and ensuring they always had good options further up the ground. The Roberts brothers caused more havoc for the Roo’s and Cody Kenny continued his solid performance from the previous two quarters.

Under constant pressure, the usually dour Andamooka defence was under siege and capitulated to Roxby’s dominance allowing the Miners to score 5 goals 5 behinds for the quarter with Andamooka only managing to bother the scorers for two behinds.

At the third quarter break Andamooka was pleaded to by their coaching staff to make a contest, be accountable and try to win the final quarter - this plea fired the Roo’s up to a point, not allowing the Miners to run away with the game. They contained the Miners to 2 -2 for their return of 1-1.

The game can easily be summed up by the fact that Roxby hit the ball hard and fast at every chance which at times left Andamooka no option but to chase players for most of the game and never really pushing to take control. They could not stop the quick ball movement which Roxby do so very well.

Also good to see Graham Warren make a return to the umpiring ranks for this game demonstrating his ability to allow the game to follow it’s natural flow, hopefully not his last time back on the ground for the year.

By Greg Latham and Scott Sauerwald

Shotokan Karate grading nears

By Millie Thomas

K

arate is a sport of skill and self discipline. Originating from Japan, the highly cultivated and widely respected sport has been in Roxby for years, catering for those from white belt to black.

This weekend, on May 15 and 16, participants in Reinhardt Viljoen’s weekly Shotokan Karate classes will be “graded”, a twice yearly event that the students from the age of six years old and up Page 18 – Wednesday, May 12, 2010

train for week in, week out.

The karate classes are a part of the Shotokan Karate International Australia (SKIA).

The option is there for the students to participate in state and national competition, but unfortunately, the closest competition circuit is in Adelaide. So for students, grading is the goal that they train for.

Students are graded on three different categories; Kihon (the basics, or fundamentals), Kata (executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to 70 moves, generally with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form)

and Kumite (train against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata.).

The categories vary in style and difficulty in accordance with the belt colour being graded.

A head coach of the state from the Adelaide division of SKIA comes to Roxby for the grading.

“We have two days (for the grading). We have a general training day where the head coach goes through everything, they (the students) can ask him a few questions. It’s just a final preparation then on the Sunday, it depends on how big the group is but the actual grading only takes about twenty minutes,” said Reinhardt Viljoen, Sensei

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and group organiser.

“It’s a constant struggle to keep the kids concentration, that’s why we’ve raised the minimum age to six, it was four. It’s all about self discipline.

Little kids need to learn to look after themselves, follow what needs to be done and be aware of what their doing,” he said.

“What we do here is not enough to get good at karate. We show them what to do then they need to take that home. When I was a child I trained three times a week for an hour and a half, then went home trying to kick walls and doors,” he said.

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OD too strong for depleted Saints

Zane Petty of OD has a mark spoiled by the athletic Tristam Wildy.

A GRADE PREMIERSHIP TABLE Played W L Coober Pedy 4 3 1 Roxby Districts 3 2 1 Olympic Dam 3 2 1 Andamooka 3 1 2 Hornrigde 3 0 3

D

F 292 254 209 176 172

A % Pts 283 103 6 139 183 4 213 98 4 190 93 2 278 62 0

In a game that promised much and was branded as the game of the round lived up to expectations but sadly only for one half of footy.

Olympic Dam played host to the league leaders Coober Pedy Saints in the main game at the Roxby Oval.

The opening was played at frenetic pace and early it was a battle of the defences as the ball seemed to waiver between half back lines for an eternity.

Ian Brown, “the Naitanui lookalike” in the way he springs and his pace, kept the OD attacks at bay on the Saints’ last line, while Mark Bell was busy at the other end. He had the first shot on goal but missed, something the Saints would lament at the end of the day.

They had three minor scores and controlled much of the play with their speed and obvious ball skills, but it was the OD Devils who got the first two goals and hit the front. The resurrected Leigh Copeland got the scoring started and put his first of three through the middle. Hodgson got the second and even though OD were in front, the Saints had the majority of play.

It wasn’t until late in the term that Ben Buller put the Saints first goal on the board.

By quarter time the pace and skills shown by both sides was entertaining a large crowd. OD led 2-3 to the Sainters 1-4, with the visitors told they had to play their own style of footy and at their speed.

The next quarter was another great spectacle and within the first minute Ben Buller had his second goal and got the Sainters off to a great start. Mark Freeth at full back tightened up for the Devils, and with a quick reply the teams were going goal for goal.

Copeland was back in the scoring action after a silly free kick was given away in front of goal and again OD hit the front.

Cam Green makes sure this attack by the Saints is cut off.

SENIOR COLTS Hornridge Roxby District Andamooka Olympic Dam

Pts For 173 77 65 22

Pts Against 22 65 77 173

Rapiac, Wildy and the blistering speed of young Bernard Lennon gave the Saints an edge.

With the game on a knife edge, up stepped captain Daniel Rogers. His first goal and his hard work in and around the packs inspired his team. Hornhardt, and Rhian Montgomerie with five goals, Ingerson and Spinks became important players.

By half time OD had a cushion, leading 6-4 to the Saints 4-8.

With only eight points separating the teams at the long break, whoever could control the ball in the “premiership” quarter would have the opportunity of victory.

Cam Green who had a tight battle with the speedster Lennon was just beginning to get on top and too often he was allowed far too much latitude by the young, enthusiastic winger who will learn a new chapter in his defensive game.

Monty and Rogers combined for a couple of quick goals and the move of Lennon from the wing to full forward was trialled, but failed.

Coober Pedy still had plenty of the play but turnovers were costing them dearly. The coach was frustrated watching as his players won the hard ball only to see them kick straight to the opposition.

By three quarter time and with a lead of 26 points the result was almost beyond doubt.

Monty opened up the scoring in the one sided last term as Coober Pedy ran out of desire. The Saints could only manage one goal in the last while the OD players powered to a six goal victory and an important psychological win against the team fancied as a serious contender for the flag.

Both teams were without some of their stars and their next clash will be one to watch.

% 786 118 84 13

JUNIOR COLTS Roxby Districts Hornridge Olympic Dam Andamooka

127 42 28 14

14 28 42 127

907 150 67 11

SCOREBOARD ROUND 4 Roxby Districts 12 goals 11 behinds 83 points defeated Andamooka 3 goals 8 behinds 26 points Best players for Roxby 1st R Prosser 2nd S Kaminski 3rd C Kenny 4th J Telfer 5th J Rose Goal scorers J Roberts 4 goals T Roberts 3 goals R Prosser 2 goals J Smart J Watson K Zeptner 1 goal each Best players for Andamooka 1st D Reid 2nd B Harris 3rd R Kraack 4th T Ripley 5th T Mulders Goal scorers T Paull T Mulders M Bunnett 1 goal each Olympic Dam 14 goals 7 behinds 91 points defeated Coober Pedy 7 goals 12 behinds 54 points Best players for OD 1st T Hornhardt 2nd D Rogers 3rd C Green 4th M Spinks 5th R Montgomerie Goal scorers R Montgomerie 5 goals D Rogers L Copeland 3 goals each D Hodgson 2 goals J Arnall 1 goal each Best players for CP 1st T Wildy 2nd C Warren 3rd T Hannes 4th M Grava 5th I Brown Goal scorers B Buller 2 goals S Young A Dingaman M Ball C Warren M Rapaic 1 goal each

Round 1 Lightning Cup 9 a side JUNIOR COLTS Roxby Districts 15 goals 7 behinds 127 points defeated Andamooka 2 goals 2 behinds 14 points Best players for Roxby 1st S King 2nd J Dawson 3rd N Calligaris Goal scorers N Calligaris 6 goals W Abbott 4 goals S King 2 goals B Daddow M Ryan J Dawson 1 goal each Best players for Andamooka 1st C Lynch 2nd N Wyatte 3rd B Forrest Goal scorers C Lynch 2 goals Hornridge 6 goals 6 behinds 42 points defeated Olympic Dam 4 goals 4 behinds 28 points Best players for Hornridge 1st J McCarthy 2nd J Rigden 3rd J Male Goal scorers J McCarthy 3 goals M Wilder 2 goals N Dunns 1 goal Best players for OD 1st L Weston 2nd D McInnis 3rd A Caburnay Goal scorers L Weston B French A Caburnay 1 goal each

SENIOR COLTS

Roxby Districts 11 goals 11 behinds 77 points defeated Andamooka 10 goals 5 behinds 65 points Best players for Roxby 1st M Hayball 2nd E Zeptner 3rd J Christall Goal scorers J Christall 6 goals E Zeptner 2 goals D Kenny L Ryan J Ford 1 goal each Best players for Andamooka 1st B Kelly 2nd J Brind 3rd H French Goal scorers unavailable Hornridge 27 goals 11 behinds 173 points defeated Olympic Dam 3 goals 4 behinds 22 points Best players for Hornridge 1st D Male 2nd D Kraljev 3rd S Caputo D Kraljev S Caputo 5 goals J Grant E McCarthy D Male S Smith 3 goals each M Steer 2 goals J Elliot S Parker 1 goal each Best players for OD 1st B Evans 2nd J Mason 3rd M Alves Goal scorers unavailable

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Preparing for the race of his life!

By Millie Thomas

career in motocross.

“You’ve got guys that will go to other endurance events, he notorious Finke Desert Race is looming. For a lot of riders, it is their first attempt at finishing the national endurance riders that lead the series and blitz course, but for weathered Roxby Downs Finke racer, everyone, but they’ll come up to Finke and they don’t even get top five because it’s just that full on. You have to put Chad Billet, this year, will be the year he hopes. yourself in a different frame of mind that you would any “Finke doesn’t compare to other races. It’s totally different to any other race that I’ve ever done. This is the only race that you can go 200km an hour weaving through trees. You actually have to shut your brain off ; when you go the speed you’re going,” he said.

“It sort of sets the par for everything else.

“I had a knee reconstruction about six weeks ago, now after that I’ve only just got back on the bike about three weeks ago and I’ve gone up to Alice (Springs) twice and just been riding everyday and gym and trying to prepare myself. Just trying to get the feel back on the bike after other race, because of the speeds. having two months off.”

“There are heaps of people competing from Roxby Chad is sponsored by a lot of big companies around the country, including KTM Australia, HSC Rentals, Heading this year. It’s going to be Roxby’s biggest turn out. The Contractors, Precision Engineering, to name a few. This whole town’s getting behind it. Now it’s going to be easier is enough to indicate the promise of the young rider’s when you go for sponsorship around here, because now,

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“This is the only race that you can go 200km an hour weaving through trees” trees”

everyone knows about it.

“The rain has put a lot of wash outs on the track, but the guys up there have been filling them in. They’ve had heaps of rain up there, the Finke River started flowing. By the time the race comes around it’ll still be the same track just a bit rougher in places.”

Chad tells of his harrowing experience two years ago, which resulted in a horrific shoulder injury, and head trauma. This was the same year, that competitor, David Schmidt passed away, as a result of crashing on the course.

“I was leading and then crashed. I ripped my shoulder out of its socket and had massive head trauma. It was pretty hard coming back from my shoulder injury.

“I’ve been really lucky to walk away from Finke.

“I always want to get the win. I never want to come second, I hate losing. The bike’s feeling strong this year and I’m feeling good considering the amount of time I’ve been on the bike. I definitely want to go for the win this year, especially the amount of years that I’ve been chasing it,” concluded Chad.

What’s happening at the Roxby Downs Cultural & Leisure Precinct

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BLOKES NIGHT double movie plus beer ‘n’ burger ‘Green Zone’ and ‘Clash of the TItans’ Saturday May 15, 6pm til late Tickets $35 from Roxby Leisure

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GROUP FITNESS TIMETABLE MON> 9am X-Trainer, 7pm Spin TUES> 9am Butts ‘n’ Guts, 7pm X-Fit WED> 9am Basic Step, 6.30pm X-Fit, 7.30pm Stretch & Relax THURS> 9am Pump, 6.30pm X-Trainer

CLASH OF THE TITANS Rated M Duration 106 mins.

GREEZONE Rated M Duration 114 mins.

NANNY McPHEE & THE BIG BANG Rated G Duration 109 mins.

Zeus’ son embarks on a journey to stop the underworld minions from spreading evil to Earth and the heavens. Stars Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Gemma Arterton. Screens: Saturday 15th May BLOKES NIGHT 6pm, Sunday 16th May @ 3pm, Tuesday 18th May @ 7pm.

Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Stars Matt Damon, Yigal Naor, Said Faraj. Screens: Friday 14th May @ 7.30pm, Saturday 15th May BLOKES NIGHT 6pm, Sunday 16th May @ 7.30pm.

Nanny McPhee helps a young mother who tries to run the family farm while her husband’s away, she uses her magic to teach the children five new lessons.

Stars Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregot, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Thompson. Screens: Saturday 15th May @ 3pm, Sunday 16th May @ 11am.

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